Color lithograph. 65.1x50.3 cm (25¾x19¾"). Printed by Arte Adrian Maeght. Artist's proof marked "ea", one of 7 such according to The Calder Foundation, from a total edition of 102. The numbered edition was 75. There were also 20 signed examples hors-commerce, numbered in Roman numerals. Signed by Alexander Calder at lower right. From the portfolio of 8 lithographs titled Magie Éolienne (Aeolian Magic). The Aeolian harp, named after Aeolus the Greek god of the wind, was a major motif in Romantic literature symbolizing the poet's ambivalent apprehension of the voice of nature. It also became a prototype for kinetic sculptures such as Calder's mobiles. Here Calder invokes a literary and art historical motif and we can imagine his sculptures emerging from the 2 dimensional graphic plane of the lithograph.
Color lithograph. 65.1x50.3 cm (25¾x19¾"). Printed by Arte Adrian Maeght. Artist's proof marked "ea", one of 7 such according to The Calder Foundation, from a total edition of 102. The numbered edition was 75. There were also 20 signed examples hors-commerce, numbered in Roman numerals. Signed by Alexander Calder at lower right. From the portfolio of 8 lithographs titled Magie Éolienne (Aeolian Magic). The Aeolian harp, named after Aeolus the Greek god of the wind, was a major motif in Romantic literature symbolizing the poet's ambivalent apprehension of the voice of nature. It also became a prototype for kinetic sculptures such as Calder's mobiles. Here Calder invokes a literary and art historical motif and we can imagine his sculptures emerging from the 2 dimensional graphic plane of the lithograph.
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